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Joan Murray
American poet
For other people named Joan Murray, see Joan Murray (disambiguation).
Joan Murray | |
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| Born | (1945-08-06) August 6, 1945 (age 79) New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, editor, playwright |
Joan Murray (born August 6, 1945) is an American poet, writer, playwright and editor.
She is best known for her narrative poems, particularly her book-length novel-in-verse, Queen of the Mist; her collection Looking for the Parade which won the National Poetry Series Open Competition, and her New and Selected Poems volume, Swimming for the Ark, which was chosen as the inaugural volume in White Pine Press's Distinguished Poets Series.
Early life and education
Joan Murray was born in the South Bronx and attended Hunter College, first as a studio art major, and later as an English major, winning Hunter College's Bernard Cohen fiction prize.
She married at 19 and had two children (one of whom died in infancy). She ear